"In my low periods, I wondered what was the point of creating art. For whom? Are we animating God? Are we talking to ourselves? And what was the ultimate goal? To have one's work caged in art's great zoos - the Modern, the Met, the Louvre?"

-- Patti Smith

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“To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. It will save you a hell of a lot of trouble and give you more time to write.”
“There's something special for everyone to do. Remember, no experience is a bad experience unless you gain nothing from it.”
“For many artists the universe is expanding; for some it is contracting.”

Source : Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.34, Univ of California Press
“A manâ€™s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint”
“Back in the day however, careers were strictly built on competitions, just like surfing, though surfing is changing too so you can free surf and still get paid. So I think that rivalry was really because of the fans and the media who built it up, but it did bring something exciting about the sport, just like in any sport, whether it's Larry Bird or Magic Johnson, I think it just made skating that much more exciting.”
“The study of social progress is to-day not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart.”
“My dad used to say that life's a journey, but somebody screwed up and lost the map.”
“Joy may be a miser, But Sorrow's purse is free.”

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